An Evening With Eric Clapton in Columbus Launches US Tour |
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 9/5/2025 - Columbus, Ohio - Today, we took a road trip West down I90 to South on 271 and 71 to Columbus, Ohio a nice day for a drive just about 4.5 hours to see Slowhand, Eric Clapton, kick off his 2025 US Tour at the intimate Mershon Auditorium at The Ohio State University campus. Eric announced his US Tour initially with Nashville being the opener but then added the Columbus show after. I was fotunate to get in on the presale on Ticketmonster and managed to get two single tickets eleven rows back right and left stage. Mershon is a small hall with seating for just under 2500. The night was being billed as An Evening With Eric Clapton and sold-out quickly with the proceeds going towards Eric's Crossroads Centre in Antigua. We booked a nice hotel the Graduate Columbus by Hilton which was just down the street from the venue. We arrived in time to grab a quick meal at Shake Shack and then headed to the auditorium. Again our seats were excellent and Eric and his full band hit the stage and played a typical EC set. He opened the show with Cream's White Room then jumped into Key To The Highway and closed the first electric set with a jam on Sunshine of Your Love. The band sounded good and was pretty tight on this night. EC had all the usual suspects Nathan East (bass/vocals), Doyle Bramhall II (guitar/vocals), Sonny Emory (drums), Chris Stainton (keyboards), Tim Carmon (Hammond organ/keyboards), and backing vocalists Sharon White and Katie Kissoon. The acoustic set was excellent with Eric opening with Bell Bottom Blues and playing a nice version of Layla and closing the acoustic set with Tears In Heaven. The highlights of the second electric set included a ten minute jam on one of my favorites, Old Love and a nice version of the Derek and the Dominoes, Tell The Truth. He ended the show with Cocaine and came out for the single encore of Before You Accuse Me. A great show in a very small venue that had everyone leave entertained. Let the tour commence, see you in a few days in Cleveland and Philadelphia. On the way home we stopped in Hudson, Ohio for a nice visit with our cousins who provided some delicious wood fire pizza. Another most excellent trip in the books.Slideshow | |
<<<- <- -> ->>> Eric Clapton performs Sunshine Of Your Love at Mershon Auditorium in Columbus, Ohio on Sep 05, 2025
Eric Clapton performs Bell Bottom Blues at Mershon Auditorium in Columbus, Ohio on Sep 05, 2025
Eric Clapton performs Old Love at Mershon Auditorium in Columbus, Ohio on Sep 05, 2025
Eric Clapton performs Layla at Mershon Auditorium in Columbus, Ohio on Sep 05, 2025
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